Ninian Home
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Ninian Home | |
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| Born | 1732 |
| Died | 1795 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupations | Landowner and Governor of Grenada |
| Spouse | Penelope ? |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Patrick Home (uncle) |
Ninian Home (1732 - 1795), was a Scottish slave plantation owner and the Governor of Grenada during the Fédon Rebellion, a revolt against British rule led primarily by free mixed-race French-speakers that took place between 2 March 1795, and 19 June 1796. Home was captured and held hostage during the rebellion and was eventually murdered.[1]
Biography
[edit]Ninian Home was born in 1732 in Scotland and made his fortune from his plantations in Grenada which enabled him to purchase Paxton House, Berwickshire from his uncle, Patrick Home, in 1773.[2][3]
Home was sent to Virginia as a young man to earn his living. From 1764 Home spent much of his time in Grenada where he owned two plantations which were manned by over 400 enslaved people growing coffee and cocoa. He owned the Waltham Estate[4] in the parish of St Mark from 1780 as well as Paraclete in the parish of St Andrew.[1]
Ninian Home became Governor of Grenada in 1793.
On 3 March 1795, the second day of the revolt led by Julien Fédon, Governor Home was captured along with around 50 others and held hostage. Most of the hostages, including Ninian Home, were executed by the rebels after a failed attack on their camp by the British.[5]
Ninian's brother, George Home of Wedderburn, succeeded to his Scottish and Grenadian estates upon his death.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hamilton, Douglas (2005). Scotland, The Caribbean and the Atlantic World, 1750-1820. Manchester University Press. p. 68. ISBN 9780719071829. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Paxton House". Paxton House. 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Undiscovered Scotland". Undiscovered Scotland. 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Legacies of British Slave Ownership". Legacies of British Slave Ownership. 25 July 2020.
- ^ Jacobs, Curtis. The Fédons of Grenada, 1763-1814 Archived 2008-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. University of the West Indies. Retrieved 25 July 2020.